Pig-nosed turtles are so cute that thousands of them are being smuggled by animal traffickers to be sold as exotic pets. But while they're adorable as babies, they grow up to become big, feisty animals that many people abandon — a problem for a species that's considered threatened.

Researchers working to protect endangered sea turtles have made a surprising discovery about how baby turtles spend their first years. Even more surprising was the source of the technology that enabled them to have this breakthrough — a local nail salon.

Sea turtles on the island of Cyprus are endangered because of politics that divide the island's Greeks and Turks, their governments and their scientists. They're threatened by human activities on both sides of the island as well.

Chinese fishers have so badly depleted the population of sea turtles, many of them endangered, off the nation's coasts that poachers are traveling far and wide to nab the sea reptiles. As China and the Philippines argue over stretches of the South China Sea, turtle poachers have already moved in.

The Chinese have a taste for turtle, and that's led to a rise in poaching endangered sea turtles off the coast of the Philippines. Some Philippines military leaders think the poachers may also be doing lead work for the Chinese military.

The Chinese have a taste for turtle, and that's led to a rise in poaching endangered sea turtles off the coast of the Philippines. Some Philippines military leaders think the poachers may also be doing lead work for the Chinese military.

Sea turtles on the island of Cyprus are endangered because of politics that divide the island's Greeks and Turks, their governments and their scientists. They're threatened by human activities on both sides of the island as well.

Chinese fishers have so badly depleted the population of sea turtles, many of them endangered, off the nation's coasts that poachers are traveling far and wide to nab the sea reptiles. As China and the Philippines argue over stretches of the South China Sea, turtle poachers have already moved in.

Researchers working to protect endangered sea turtles have made a surprising discovery about how baby turtles spend their first years. Even more surprising was the source of the technology that enabled them to have this breakthrough — a local nail salon.

Pig-nosed turtles are so cute that thousands of them are being smuggled by animal traffickers to be sold as exotic pets. But while they're adorable as babies, they grow up to become big, feisty animals that many people abandon — a problem for a species that's considered threatened.